FS: 1U servers, CPUs and memory

[Paul M]

We recently went through a big upgrade cycle as we use java and the
product needed more memory, and I thought CLUG members might be
interested in hardware that's proven to work well with linux, and more
importantly, heavily discounted!

We're selling comprising servers (complete except for hard drives) and
CPUs and memory left over after various upgrades.

Please note the prices below *do*not* include VAT at 15%.  Offers made
should not include vat. Prices are a starting point, a "buy it now" if
you like. Please make your offer along with the quantity, offers will be
prioritised according to amount, quantity and whether you reply in HTML
email.

Cleared funds required before collection from Cambridge Science Park.
Can pay cash, BACS or wire transfer, if you pay bu cheque we'd have to
hold the goods until it clears. We don't have packaging unless stated. A
formal VAT invoice will be raised for you by our accounts people.

All equipment has been used, is sold as seen, some has manufacturer's
warranty left but it would be you as buyer who'd be responsible for
checking. You'd be welcome to check the serial numbers at the time of
purchasing/collection. You'd also be welcome to test the equipment
(e.g. boot servers) except the boxed CPUs, they came from working
system and we are very confident they do work (and I'm pretty sure
they are still in warranty).


*** CPUs

* Intel Xeon L5320

£130+vat each = in full retail packs (box, heatsink/fan) previously
used for L5420, all the same stepping level so you could buy matched
pairs for dual CPU goodness. we have twelve.


£110+vat - without retail pack, no box, no heatsink/fan.


* CPU: Intel core2duo e6700

£110+vat in full retail pack, used (not overclocked), from upgrading a
desktop. these aren't particularly common having a larger cache and
higher clock speed.


*** RAM - 2GB DDR2 ECC Reg 667MHz

Kingston give these a lifetime warranty and we have retail packaging
for pretty much all of them, hence price is relatively high compared
to new.

Note that being ECC Reg they probably won't work in domestic
computers' motherboards so check compatibility.

4 of Kingston KVR667D2D8P5 - http://tinyurl.com/KVR667D2D8P5
(2GB DDR2 DIMM - dual rank 667MHz ECC Reg/Parity CL5)

20 of Kingston KVR667D2D4P5 - http://tinyurl.com/KVR667D2D4P5
(2GB DDR2 DIMM - dual-rank 667MHz ECC REG/Parity CL5)

£12+vat each




*** servers

All servers come with rail kit for 19" rack mounting, various random
bracket accessories and an IEC c13-c14 power cable.

The Tyans have serial port, twin gig e1000 intel, single 10/100m e100
intel, ps2
keyboard & mouse, rear and front usb ports, some random video chip
onboard with VGA socket on the back, a PCI-X 64-bit riser, AHCI SATA
non-raid works perfectly with linux.

They're definitely not sh*t, we've had very very few problems with
them and the motherboards probably still have warranty. We'd probably
keep them if we could fit more memory, but that's what happens when
you have java programmers!

The M3291 management cards in the Tyans are free because we never made
use of them and we can't provide any technical detail for their use
nor can we even promise they work (although they probably do).

Photos of a Tyan at http://www.flickr.com/photos/12629882@N05/tags/tyan/

The Tyans came from Sentral, all have Sentral serial numbers apart
from a couple bought as "bare-bones" to be cold spares that got built.


The Supermicros were bought from Boston Micros.


* Tyan 1U lower-spec server - no hard drives

only one of these.

£160+vat
       Intel core2duo (E4300) 1.8GHz with 2GB of RAM
       built-in CD
       quality branded memory
       S5191G3NR motherboard:
         http://www.tyan.com/product_board_detail.aspx?pid=343
       GT20 1U chassis with 4 hotswap SATA bays:
         http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/kgt20-500.html
      IEC mains, rail kit
       comes with FREE remote management card,




* Tyan 1U intermediate server - no hard drives

only two of these.

£175+vat
       Intel core2duo (E6600) 2.4GHz with 2GB of RAM
       built-in CD
       quality branded memory
       S5191G3NR motherboard:
         http://www.tyan.com/product_board_detail.aspx?pid=343
       GT20 1U chassis with 4 hotswap SATA bays:
         http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/kgt20-500.html
      IEC mains, rail kit
       comes with FREE remote management card



* Tyan 1U standard server - no hard drives

twenty-five of these

£200+vat
       Intel core2duo (E6600) 2.4GHz with 8GB of RAM
       built-in CD
       quality branded memory
       S5191G3NR motherboard:
         http://www.tyan.com/product_board_detail.aspx?pid=343
       GT20 1U chassis with 4 hotswap SATA bays:
         http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/kgt20-500.html
      IEC mains, rail kit
       comes with FREE remote management card


* Supermicro PDSMI+ 1U servers - no hard drives

we never found out why but these sometimes lock up when you reboot
them, they run perfectly when power-cycled though. for this reason the
price is sweeter than an equivalent Tyan. we have all the
accessories that came with them - the plastic drive bay inserts and
various rail adaptors and cable wotsits that I never found a use for!

£160+vat
       Intel core2duo (E6600) 2.4GHz with 4GB memory
       built-in CD
       generic/cheap memory
       PDSMI+ motherboard
         http://tinyurl.com/pdsmiplus
       Supermicro 1U chassis (as link, but black)
         http://tinyurl.com/qh46ce


* Dell 1U server SC1425 - no hard drives

just one of these

£150
       single 3.2GHz Xeon (Pentium D type?)
       type SC1425 (two internal drive bays, two CPU slots one empty)
       build-in DVD
       1GB RAM